Freightliner delivery to be celebrated

Jul 28, 2010

U.S. Xpress Enterprises will receive its 50,000th Freightliner, a Cascadia equipped with a Detroit Diesel DD15, in an Aug. 5 ceremony, the truck maker announced.

The tractor with a 72-in. raised roof sleeper will be presented to U.S. Xpress Enterprises CEO and Co-chairman Max Fuller in a commemoration at 3:30 p.m. EDT at 4080 Jenkins Road, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Responding to Overdrive's 'Truckers' Highway Report Card' survey, small-business owner-operators ranked Indiana's I-70 as the worst. The Indiana DOT and other state DOTs who made the list are well aware of the perception and are looking to solve the problem.

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Responding to Overdrive's "Truckers' Highway Report Card" survey, owner-operators ranked Indiana's I-70 the absolute worst haul route in the nation. Indiana and other state DOTs who made the "worst roads" list, some recognize, can use the naming and shaming truckers' perceptions offer in a new 20-page report charting infrastructure struggles around the nation.

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Volunteers raising funds for United Way of Denton County posed for a quick photo in front of the Peterbilt trucks staged in downtown Denton ahead of the 8th annual Peterbilt Pride & Class Parade.

Pride, Class, 50-plus remarkable rigs: Owners honored in Pete parade

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